Flora Foster

American actress (1898–1914)

Flora Foster

Born|

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died| September 21, 1914

Chicago, Illinois

Occupation| Actress
Years active| 1911–1914
Relatives| Edna Foster (sister)

Flora Foster was an American actress known for her roles in films during the silent film era.

## Biography

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Flora Foster was born in Boston to Anne Louise Ramsell Foster and Conrad Houteling Foster. Conrad Foster was a theater owner in Chicago and eventual mayor of Traverse City, Michigan.[1][2][3][4]

She worked with the Biograph Company and the Thanhouser Company.[5][6] She had roles in at least several films; she played young David in David Copperfield (1911).[7]

Her sister, Edna Foster, was also a child actress.[1][2] They both worked in vaudeville. Foster attended boarding school in New York near Biograph's studios while their father remained in Chicago.[8]

Foster's favorite stage actress was Maude Adams. She and her sister both enjoyed working with D.W. Griffith and Harry Carey. She had grey eyes and blonde hair.[8]

Foster died of heart failure in Chicago on September 21, 1914.[1][9]

## Selected filmography

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* David Copperfield (1911)
* Prince Charming (1912)
* The District Attorney's Conscience (1912)
* The Wedding Gown (1913)

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Miss Flora Foster". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1914. p. 61. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
2. ^ a b Horak, Laura (February 26, 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908–1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813574844.
3. ^ "Former Traverse City Mayor Dies". The Herald-Press. April 3, 1940. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
4. ^ "Who Was Con Foster?". Traverse City News & Events. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
5. ^ "Foster, Flora". Thanhouser Company. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
6. ^ Motion Picture Story Magazine. Macfadden-Bartell. 1913.
7. ^ Laird, Karen E. (March 3, 2016). The Art of Adapting Victorian Literature, 1848-1920: Dramatizing Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, and The Woman in White. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-04450-5.
8. ^ a b "Biograph Kids Are Wonderful Girls: Chicago Exhibitor's Daughters". Motography. July 4, 1914. p. 3–4.
9. ^ "Obituary for Flora Foster". The Sacramento Star. November 4, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

## External links

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* Flora Foster at IMDb